Thu 24 Sep 2015 - Sat 31 Oct 2015

From the motion picture screenplay by William Roseby special arrangement with Studiocanaland by special arrangement with Fiery Angel Ltd. London

Criminal mastermind, Professor Marcus, and his gang of oddball villains posing as musicians, meet their match when they take up residence in the top floor room of Mrs Wilberforce’s dilapidated house. A convenient location to plan their heist, they figure their sweet-natured old landlady will be easily hoodwinked. But beneath her demure exterior, Mrs Wilberforce is made of sterner stuff and, with just her parrot, General Gordon, for moral support, she turns the tables on the bogus quintet.

Based on the much-loved Ealing Comedy, this award-winning stage adaptation by Graham Linehan, writer of Father Ted and The IT Crowd, fizzes with fun.

‘Marlene Sidaway is brilliant as the old dear trying to do her best and the crooks are gloriously brought to life so vividly that you end up liking the ‘vicious’ Louis (John Biddle), young pill-popping Harry (Harry Katsari), the bumbling Major (Dermot Canavan) and the endearing thicko, ex-boxer One-Round (Alan Stocks).’ Newbury Weekly News